[spectre] Call forfemale polish curators

Thu Jul 17 12:24:19 CEST 2008

Call for polish female curators for GO-GO dance!

If you are a polish female curator, and like to dance - don't hesitate - 
come to Berlin and dance!

In August 2008 in Gallery ZERO there will be an exhibition "Cosal-Ca Club - 
Only authentic pieces of art!" of Jerzy Kosalka, a polish artist from 
Wroclaw. For the exhibition Kosalka will build a bar - Cosal-Ca Club in the 
gallery in order to miraculously turn Coca-Cola into wine.  One of the 
events planned for the opening of the exhibition is a GO-GO dance on a pole. 
On the same evening Kosalka is celebrating his birthday.

Since May 2003 Gallery ZERO has exhibited more than 100 artists, hosted 
numerous concerts and performances. Main focus of Gallery ZERO is polish art 
however exhibited artists come from all over the world, from Japan to USA.

Gallery ZERO calls for all female Polish curators to take part in the 
unforgettable evening in Berlin and participate in a GO-GO dance on a pole.

Who can participate:

Female polish curators only!

To participate please send us an email: info at zero-project.org

Date and place:

Friday, 22nd August  2008, 10PM

Galerie ZERO
Köpenicker Strasse 4
10997 Berlin
www.zero-project.org

Hope to see you on a pole!

Best wishes,

Anna Krenz & Jacek Slaski

Galerie ZERO

More about the exhibition:

Vernissage: Friday, 22. August 2008, 20Uhr

Cosal-Ca Club
- Only authentic pieces of art!
by Jerzy Kosalka (PL)

Curator: Agnieszka Kurgan
in Cooperation with BWA Galleries Wroclaw

Cosal-Ca - Made in Poland

Car thieves (Autodiebe) are not the same as " Bicycle thieves" (De Sica's 
"Fahrraddiebe"). It should not be surprising that in a sense of harm Polish 
nation gave out an avenger. Author of famous, scandalous works "Germans have 
come" and "Germans are everywhere" (well known - for politically correct 
Polish critics - as thorough amniocentesis of German-devourer ego of 
ordinary Pole) comes to Berlin. From Breslau.

He started modestly, as a researcher in LUXUS in the conditions of coarse 
socialism. The objects classed among "everyday objects" elsewhere, in 
interesting for Kosalka conditions, about 20 years ago, underwent 
spontaneous metaphysical metamorphosis. That facilitated work for artists 
inspired by western pop-art, and even earlier artistic trends. That was how 
such works as "hydro-electric installation" or code-homage for Marcel 
Duchamp "Pardon Marcel" were created; both presenting problems of art as 
such, and referring to basic sanitary experiences of societies hidden on the 
other side of Iron Curtain.

Moving abstract threads to battle painting, inexplicable use of optical 
illusion and other media manipulations brought him special fame and 
introduction into history of art books and public collections.
Jerzy Kosalka's opus magnum, trans-media subjective brand - Cosal-Ca, 
derives from old times when Coca-Cola bottle was a symbol of freedom and 
democracy. The project, maturing in Poland together with mentioned ideas, 
during the past two decades underwent subsequent liftings, the last of which 
were unlimited editions of Cosal-Ca Light and Cosal-Ca Menthol. In August, 
in Zero Gallery in Berlin, within Cosal-Ca Club arrangement, the last, 
distillation phase which ends the prohibition period in Polish art, will 
take place ("distil show" by master of pharmacy and "miraculous conversion 
of Coca-Cola into wine") .

Cosal-Ca Club offers also: pretentious, even embarrassing atmosphere 
(on-wall artist's retrospective), illusion show ("Golden Fish"), acrobatics 
on pub's desktop (by Concita Stembalores - coming back after knee injury) 
and go-go dance (dancers: Truskawa 5, female polish curators )

Limited seats, free entrance
Jurek Kosalka asks to seat.

text: MA Anka Mitus

www.kosalka.art.pl

Jerzy Kosalka was born in 1955 in Bedzin.
Between 1970-75 he attended Art High School in Katowice, where he was active 
as a member of Mesa group. He studied in Wroclaw. In 1981 he received a 
diploma in painting in PWSSP (Academy of Fine Arts) under supervision of 
prof. Z.Karpinski. In the years 1983-87 he was a junior lecturer in 
Karpinski's studio, where he joined editorial team of LUXUS (Irregular 
Psychhoactive Magazine). On establishment of Legendary Luxus group he 
participated in most of the group's presentation and actions. In 1995 he had 
his debut as an individual artist presenting "Modestly, no luxury" 
exhibition.
In his creativity Kosalka takes advantage of divers technologies and media.
He constructs objects. He also creates installations, often designed for a 
specific area.

exhibitions of Luxus group (choice)
1985 - Warsaw "Legendary Luxus first time in Warsaw", Pokaz Gallery
- Bialystok "Real Luxus show", BWA
-Wroclaw "Luxus", Pasazu Gallery
1986 -Sopot "80-ties expression", BWA
- Wroclaw "Luxus in Passage", Pasaz Gallery
- Wroclaw "Luxus paints world's panorama", Zamek Gallery
1987- Warsaw "What's up?", former Zaklady Norblina
1989- Wroclaw "Luxus City", Na Ostrowie Gallery
- Southhampton "Contemporary Polish Drawing", John Hansard Gallery
1990- Katowice "Young Wroclaw",BWA
- Duseldorf "Kunst und Censur und Xerox", Kunstpalast
1993- Sopot "Love is not everything", PGS
1994- Krakow "Make love or war", BWA
- Konin "Koni Novi Luxus", BWA
- Warsaw "Liasison of the divaided", Stara Kotlownia
- Szczecin "Ikonopress", Zamek Ksiazat Pomorskich
- Warszawa "Luxus for girls",Stara Kotlownia
1997-Bielsko-Biala "Banquet at the factory", Galeria Bielska

solo exhibitions:
1995 -Wroclaw " Modestly, no luxury", City Gallery ,
1996-Wroclaw "Szewczyk, Kosalka, Kowalska", BWA
1997-Cieszyn "Two spaces", Miejsce Gallery
- Strzelin "The fall", Skalna Gallery
1998-Wroclaw "To be rich and famous", Entropia Gallery,
-Wroclaw "Transformers" (with M. Harlender), City Gallery
1999 -Krakow "TV media-show", Miasto Krakoff Gallery,
2003-Wroclaw "The piece of Hasior's sculpture" (with A. Urbanskim), BWA
2004- Zielona Góra "Objects ", BWA
-Warsaw, "Klobuck Battle Plan"- show and lecture, Raster Gallery
-Wroclaw "The art of disapearing of the art",BWA
2005-Prague "Confrontation"(with Jan Macko), Polish Institut
-Bielsko-Biala, "Second time lucky"(with K.Walaszek), Bielska BWA Gallery
2006-Jelenia Góra,"Art in a public space" – show and lectur, BWA
-Wroclaw, "Pills" BWA
-Dresden,"V-3"(with T.Bajer i A.Dudek-Durer),Motorenhalle
-Kraków, "One-eyes exhibition", Pracownia Otwarta
-Wroclaw,"Yapper",(with T.Bajer i A.Dudek-Durer), Entropia Gallery
-Wroclaw, "Astonishing performance promoting Art Magazin", Entropia Gallery

group exhibitions:
1996- Wroclaw "Transfer", Arsenal,
1997- Wroclaw "Model", Potoczny & Hoszowski Gallery
1998- Kraków "Contemporary art exhibition" (with P. Jarodzki and K. 
Walaszek), Bucklein Theatre,
2000- Wroclaw "Thibetian New Years Eve", Obok Gallery,
-Wroclaw "World reality – art reality", Obok Gallery,
- Olesnica "The Miracle", open space event
-Wroclaw "Fest Festung Festival", Stare mlyny
2001- Kraków "Videoparty", Goethe Institut,
- Wroclaw "One and a half year of Obok", Obok Gallery
- Wroclaw "Modification", OPT
2002- Slupsk "Art like big S", BWA
- Wroclaw "Art like big S", BWA
- Gdansk "Life style", CSW Laznia
2003 -Wroclaw "Souvenir from Wroclaw", BWA
-Wroclaw "Touching the invisible", Obok Gallery
2004- Bielsko-Biala "Souvenir from Wroclaw", Bielska BWA Gallery
-Warsaw "INC.", Program Gallery,
2005-Torun,"Pierniks of Wroclaw", NRD Gallery
2006-Wroclaw,"Survival 4", Wroclaw's Trainstation
-Warsaw,"Don't be afraid", pivate appartment
-Wroclaw,"Identity", Lab-Log Gallery
-Wroclaw,"The signs of time",Lowersilesian Zacheta
-Prague,"Beauty free shop",Umelec Gallery
-Jelenia Góra,"Souvenir from Karkonosze",BWA
-Wroclaw,"60 years of Academy of Fine Arts", National Museum
-Wroclaw,"Pupils of Kacma", Botanic Garden
-Zielona Góra,"Luxus Museum", BWA
-Katowice,"Colection",Uppersilesian Zacheta
2007-Warsaw,"Luxus Museum",Zacheta
-Wroclaw,"Survival 5", City Moat

www.kosalka.art.pl

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